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"Firewalker" by Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Firewalker by Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft

An illustration for the card game Bella Sara's edition Northern Light.

The original name for this little horsie is Blodughofi. It was probably changed so that nobody was in doubt that the horse wasn't harmed by the flames. ;)
Blodughofi (Blóðughófi) is a horse from Norse mythology. It's rather obscure, but basically it's from the myth about how Freyr got his wife. Frey sent his servant to get the girl, and to aid him on this task, the God gave said servant a sword as well as the horse Blodughofi (the name litterally means bloody hoofs). Blodughofi could walk through fire, and is referred to in the poem Skírnismál which is one of the poems from the Poetic Edda.
The runes on the stone behind Blodughofi is taken from the poem. This is what it says:

Mar ek þér þann gef,
er þik um myrkvan berr
vísan vafrloga,
ok þat sverð,
er sjalft mun vegask
ef sá er horskr, er hefr.

A translation from the original language is taken from this site.

The horse will I give thee
that goes through the dark
And magic flickering flames,
And the sword as well
that will fight of itself
If a worthy hero wields it

The ravens above the horse are Hugin and Munin. The ravens belonging to Odin, king of the aesir, who tells him whatever they see in the world.

Date	Name	Comment
4 Oct 2007	Robyn Copperhead Lee	Loading... How cool is that? Wonderful pic! Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft replies: "Thanks a lot. "